CVE-2012-2372

Published Jan 22, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.4
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
2.7
Vector string
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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